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Tribe Pentastirini

Cixiid planthopper, perhaps Melanoliarus sp? - Melanoliarus placitus

Planthopper - Melanoliarus humilis - female

UDCC_TCN 00003008 - Melanoliarus chuliotus

UDCC_TCN 00101651D - Melanoliarus arizonensis - female

UDCC_TCN 00101756C - Melanoliarus pygmaeus - male

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)

Suborder Auchenorrhyncha (True Hoppers)

Infraorder Fulgoromorpha (Planthoppers)

Superfamily Delphacoidea

Family Cixiidae (Cixiid Planthoppers)

Subfamily Cixiinae

Tribe Pentastirini

Other Common Names

"Oliarids"

Explanation of Names

Pentastirini Emeljanov 1971

Numbers

~55 spp. in 4 genera in our area (most in Melanoliarus)(1)

Melanoliarus Fennah, 1945

Oliaronus Ball, 1934

Pentastiridius Kirschbaum, 1868

Reptalus Emeljanov, 1971

Works Cited

1.	Bartlett C.R. and contributors (2017-) Planthoppers of North America

Contributed by v belov on 12 November, 2013 - 10:08am
Additional contributions by antarctica
Last updated 3 January, 2025 - 2:59pm

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